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bomber development

…Boeing Aircraft Company produced the B-9 bomber. Anticipating all-metal fighters, the B-9 was the first operational combat aircraft with all-metal cantilever monoplane design, semiretractable undercarriage, and variable-pitch propellers. Two 600-horsepower engines gave it a speed of 188 miles (302 km) per hour, representing a 50 percent improvement over the biplane…